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Originally Posted by bladeofdarkness

yes, and its viewed as a loss in the battle
which was my point all along

the whole point of the 7th gens is that they take theoretic tech from 6th generation and put it to actual use
the varis, MVS, harken busters, msv shields, hardon cannon and radiation surger are all 6th gen tech

you have two machines

one which has 9 of those 6th gen tech devices (2 shields, 2 MVS, 4 harken boosters, and the varis) which gives it defensive abilities and effective 6th gen weapons for all ranges of combat
an experimental Y-drive more powerful then anything else ever created (the core luminus) that allows it to POWER all those devices
and a frame laced completely with sakuradite which allows for much better energy conduction which allows both speed AND power beyond most frames

the other machine has only 1 form of 6th gen tech device that serves as a close range only weapon and can be (despite not intended to be) used as a shield
it has comperable speed with the lancelot, but then so does every other 7th gen that isnt a mass production unit (gekka, vincent)
and we know nothing suggesting that it has either an improved engine or sakuradite laced frame
in fact when Lloyd gets his hands on it, he replaces the original engine with a better version of the one that the lancelot has (the spinning glowing thing)

which machine do you think is stronger

The SEITEN obviously, mainly the fact that it combines both Lloyd's and Rakshata's (and Cecil's) technical genius into one powerhouse KMF. It also helps that Kallen is a good pilot to boot as well. All the Albion has going is the pilot's genius and maneuverability to use it at it's full potential. Essentially if anyone but Suzaku would pilot the Albion it wouldn't of pose such a threat as it did in the last episodes.